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Show Disabled Workers Protected by Social Security Law If you have been totally disabled dis-abled for more than six months or become totally disabled in the future, and have engaged in covered work for a substantial substan-tial period of time, you should apply for a "freeze" to protect your benefit rights under the Social Security prgoram. This part of the law protects your Insurance rights while you are totally disabled. It does not provide cash disability payments. Your earnings record may be "frozen" if: (1) You have disability disa-bility which has lasted more than six months, is expected to continue con-tinue indefinitely, and keeps yon from doing any substantially-gainful substantially-gainful activity. (2) You worked in a Job covered by the social security law for 5 of the last 10 years before you were disabled, of which l',4 were during the last 3 years before you were disabled. dis-abled. An application made by disabled dis-abled person before July 1, 1 0.7, can establish a period of disability disa-bility as far back as October 1911 providing the disability still exists. After June 30, 1957, the application can go back for only one year. A representative of the Social Security office will be ln Cedar City at the Utah State Employment Employ-ment Service on May 17. from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. If you are already receiving old-age payments, but you were totally disabled for an extended period before reaching C5, and and are still disabled, your benefits bene-fits may T)e reflgured to see whether the new disability provisions pro-visions would Increase your benefit amount. No benefits can be Increased under these provisions pro-visions before July 1955. |